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These are the stories of Kenora participants in the First World War.

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Alterton, Arthur Thomas

Arthur Thomas Alterton was born 06 December 1883 in March, Cambridgeshire, England.   His parents were Charles and Eliza Jane Alterton. Siblings included John (born 1877) and Alice (born 1879). In May of 1904 Arthur immigrated to Canada settling first in Manitoba.   The following year he moved to Kenora, Ontario and got work on… Read More »

Noble, Brook

Sapper Brook Noble enlisted in February 1916 at age 41 and served for three years in Canada, England and France. Brook was the son of George and Harriett Noble of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. He was born in Lindley, Huddersfield on 21 August 1874 and he had at least two sisters and four brothers: John,… Read More »

Brough, John Alexander

John Alexander Brough was born on 26 February 1896, birth registered in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. His father John Allen Brough was from the Northwest Territories while his mother Harriet Sanderson was from Manitoba. The couple married on 1 February 1889 in Portage la Prairie. Alex had two older siblings, Mary Ann (b 1891) and… Read More »

Bunn, Victor William

Victor William Bunn was born on 24 May 1890 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.   His parents were John Robert Bunn and Vashti Elizabeth Gunne.   Siblings included Charles (born 1886), Thomas (born 1892), Marguerite (born 1893) and John (born 1895). Victor’s father, John, had just rejoined the Hudson Bay Company and was serving as a clerk… Read More »

Still, Andrew

Stoker Andrew Still was born in Scotland and living in Canada when the war started. He returned to the UK and joined the Royal Naval Reserve in February 1918, serving with them for fifteen months. Andrew was born on 8 June 1887 in the parish of Grange, Banffshire, Scotland. His parents were Robert Still, a… Read More »

Hudson, Cecil Thomas

Cecil Thomas Hudson was born on 23 February 1899 in Rat Portage (Kenora), Ontario. His parents were George Hudson, a carpenter, and Georgina Clarke. He had two younger siblings – Lottie and Harold. Cecil enlisted with the Kenora detachment of the 94th Battalion on 17 March 1916 claiming that he was 18 years of age…. Read More »

Houldsworth, Frederick Joseph

Frederick Joseph Houldsworth was born on 17 January 1901 in the inner city of Hulme in Manchester, Lancashire, England. His parents James Houldsworth, a brick layer, and Mary Florence Easthope married on 14 February 1886 in Hulme. Children born to the couple were Margaret (1886), William Henry (1887), Clara (1889), James Edward (1891-1892), Ellen (1894),… Read More »

Tomkins, Harry

Birth date and location: Harry’s actual birth is recorded in the second quarter of 1877 in the registration district of Aston, County of Warwickshire, England; however he states that his birth was June 4, 1879, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. There appears to be no explanation as to how this date was determined. Family and early life:… Read More »

Bergstrom, Charles Oscar

Karl Oskar Bergström was born on 1 December 1895 in Söderhamn, Gävleborg, Sweden as supported by his Swedish birth record. His parents Lars Magnus Bergström and Maria Kajsa Larsdotter had married on 11 December 1886 in Söderhamn. Other children born to the family in Sweden were Johanna Elizabeth (1888), Johan Magnus (1890), Emma Amalia (1892),… Read More »